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Chen Tianwen
(born 28 May 1963)
[1]
is a Singaporean actor.
Career
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Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
(now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th artiste drama training class and made his debut in 1984. He is contracted to
Mediacorp
, starring in many Chinese-language Singaporean dramas shown on
MediaCorp Channel 8
since the 1990s. He has also starred in Singaporean movies including
Ah Boys to Men
,
Ah Boys to Men 2
,
Ilo Ilo
,
The Lion Men
,
The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown
,
Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen
,
Mr. Unbelievable
,
Lulu the Movie
and
Take 2
.
Chen holds a black belt in
taekwondo
[2]
and his martial arts background led to him being cast in many
Wuxia
dramas in the 1990s and as characters with fight scenes in other drama series.
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He is also a member of the Singapore Celebrity Soccer Team.
[3]
The Straits Times
remarked that Chen's "much-praised understated turn" in the
Cannes Film Festival
award-winning film
Ilo Ilo
put him in the spotlight once again.
[4]
Chen hit the headlines again when two parody music videos he starred in, went viral. The first, titled "Unbelievable", was "lauded" for the nonsensical line "I so stunned like vegetable" [
sic
], drawing the attention of
Time
magazine,
[5]
while the second, "Sandcastle in My Heart", in which
Irene Ang
also starred, did not become as popular as the previous one. Both videos are a parody of popular Chinese MVs in the 1970s, particularly the work of Singaporean singer
Huang Qing Yuan
.
Personal life
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Chen told
Channel NewsAsia
that he and Bao Xiao Hui, a Mongolian,
[6]
were married in May 2014.
[7]
The couple had a son named Genghis Chan, who was born on 12 June 2015.
[8]
Filmography
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Film
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Television series
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Discography
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Compilation albums
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Year
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English title
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Mandarin title
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2009
|
MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 09
|
新?媒福牛迎端年
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2013
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MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 13
|
新?媒金蛇?祥福
|
Awards and nominations
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References
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External links
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